Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...little to fight back against Agee's efforts to damage its reputation and hamper its operations. Civil charges against Agee for breaking his CIA secrecy contract?which were used successfully by the agency against ex-CIA Officer Frank Snepp, whose Decent Interval accused the U.S. of bungling the evacuation of Saigon?are ineffective because Agee is living abroad. Since 1977 he has been deported by Britain and France, and he is now in hiding, reportedly in Rome...
...Senator will be asked to show cause why he should not be held in civil contempt at a hearing set for December...
...martial law is not specifically mentioned in the Constitution. President Washington chose to limit the use of military power when, after dispatching troops to quell the Whisky Rebellion of 1794, he ordered all insurgents to be turned over to civil rather than military courts for trial. But during the Civil War, as he struggled to hold the nation together, President Lincoln introduced preventive detention and military justice for thousands who opposed the war, including hundreds arrested in the bloody Draft Riots in New York City and elsewhere. This amounted to an imposition of martial law. In a landmark judgment, Chief...
...introduction of breeder reactors, which produce more plutonium than they consume, could make it easier for terrorists to steal fissionable materials for do-it-yourself bombs. Finally, they charge that safeguarding nuclear materials would require the creation of a police state that would also mean the end of civil liberties...
Much of this paperwork morass can be avoided without compromising the safety or civil rights of anyone. The Administration's proposed nuclear licensing bill would allow the NRC to give final approval to plants that follow a standard, accepted design for construction on previously approved sites. In that way, it would eliminate some layers of review agencies and reduce the opportunities for opponents to reopen litigation on is sues that have already been legally resolved by courts. Unfortunately, there will be no action on this proposal before 1979. Legislation to place the licensing process in the hands of fewer...